Chapter 46: Peaches Don’t Taste Good?

Xu Jiaojiao didn’t need to turn around to know who was calling her.

She just didn’t want to pay any attention, so she didn’t say anything.

She hoped he would be sensible and leave.

But apparently, that person couldn’t read people’s expressions. Seeing her not responding, he opened his mouth again.

“I came to thank you.”

Hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao still didn’t raise her head, her hands busy.

She muttered, “No need to thank me, the doctor saved you.”

Huh?

There’s actually a crab!

Seeing the large crab in the water, Xu Jiaojiao forgot about the person beside her.

Reaching out a hand, she quietly moved towards the crab.

The crab, perhaps never having encountered a human’s evil hand, just stayed still in place, motionless.

Xu Jiaojiao suppressed her excitement, her movements becoming slower.

When she was twenty centimeters away from the crab, it suddenly moved.

Xu Jiaojiao’s heart skipped a beat, and she even held her breath unconsciously.

Fortunately, the crab didn’t move again.

She slowly moved closer to the crab, five, four, three, two…

Her hand was already above the crab.

With two fingers, she could easily grab this plump crab.

Without hesitation, Xu Jiaojiao moved her hand…

The next second, the crab that had been like it was taking a nap, suddenly darted away!

?!

This is unscientific!

Looking at the crab not far away, Xu Jiaojiao was a little doubtful about life!

Just as she was about to go forward to catch it, someone’s hand was faster than hers.

She didn’t know how he did it, but as soon as his hand entered the water, the crab obediently ended up in his hand.

“Here you go.”

Gu Qingbai handed the crab to her.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

“I don’t need it!” Xu Jiaojiao said expressionlessly, then took two steps back.

The already awkward atmosphere became even more suffocating.

Realizing his abruptness, Gu Qingbai’s hand holding the crab froze in mid-air.

Xu Jiaojiao didn’t care what expression he had, she turned around and continued to scoop up snails.

A pair of fair hands happily searched in the water.

In a short while, a handful of round snails fell into the basket.

Xu Jiaojiao thought it was strange.

There wasn’t a single child in the entire brigade who didn’t know about the creek.

How come there were so many snails that had escaped the net here?

But this didn’t affect her good mood.

She also forgot about the person by the creek, and even didn’t know when he left.

It’s just that there was no longer a crab as fat as that one in the water.

Xu Jiaojiao felt a little bit of heartache, but she didn’t regret it.

She searched for a while, but didn’t see any other crabs, but she already picked up a lot of snails.

Xu Jiaojiao didn’t plan to pick any more.

Standing up, she was about to leave when she saw that tall figure.

“Why are you here?” Xu Jiaojiao asked curiously.

But as she looked up, she found that the man’s face was wrong.

Those deep eyes were now somewhat obscure and difficult to discern.

Xu Jiaojiao’s heart skipped a beat, and she inexplicably felt a little uneasy.

“I’m done.”

Qin Shuo’s voice was neither cold nor hot, and Xu Jiaojiao felt something was off.

But she didn’t know what was wrong, so she could only conclude that this man was just someone whose mind was hard to guess.

Thinking about the task she had to do today, Xu Jiaojiao started chatting again, forcing a smile.

“Look, I picked up so many.”

She said, offering the snails in her basket to him like a treasure.

She talked about the process of picking up snails just now.

But the person in front of her was becoming increasingly cold, and Xu Jiaojiao felt like the conversation was about to die.

Seeing that he wasn’t interested in the snails, she changed the topic.

“I almost caught a crab just now…”

Before she could finish, she stopped.

She finally remembered the person who had said he wanted to thank her by the creek.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

Mechanically lifting her head, she met the man’s dark eyes.

She suddenly remembered that this man was reborn.

Then she thought about the original owner’s achievements in her previous life.

Xu Jiaojiao was not feeling well.

He wouldn’t have misunderstood something, would he?

“That…”

She swallowed hard, frantically organizing her words in her mind.

But when she met those eyes that seemed to lack emotion, her brain seemed to short-circuit.

She managed to utter two words, and then she couldn’t squeeze out anything else.

Qin Shuo didn’t speak, he reached out and took the basket from her hand.

He was about to leave when he felt his clothes being pulled.

He paused, lowered his eyes, and saw a white, tender little hand.

Xu Jiaojiao didn’t know what kind of brain circuit she had.

By the time she came to her senses, she had already grabbed the man’s clothes.

Meeting those dark, Japanese-free eyes, her heart skipped a beat, but her hand didn’t loosen.

The woman’s doe-like eyes were filled with panic, helplessness, but not guilt.

That fair little hand stubbornly held onto his clothes.

Qin Shuo looked straight into those watery eyes, as if he wanted to see into her soul.

The man’s aura was incredibly strong, and when he didn’t speak, his sharp gaze seemed to make people feel exposed.

Xu Jiaojiao’s heart beat even faster.

At this moment, she didn’t know if it was for the task or something else.

But she didn’t move, she just stared back at him.

When she felt the cold, hard aura on the man slowly soften, she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

“Go up first.” Qin Shuo said.

His slightly hoarse, deep voice made Xu Jiaojiao’s face flush, and her hand unconsciously released his clothes.

The two of them walked towards the tree one after the other.

There was a bucket there, and it was filled with water.

“Go home first, I’ll be done soon.”

Qin Shuo said, pouring the snails into the bucket.

Hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao didn’t refuse, she nodded and reached out to take the empty basket.

When she turned to leave, she paused again.

Why did she feel like she was becoming more and more like his wife? Just half a month ago, their relationship was still awkward.

Realizing this, Xu Jiaojiao was struck by lightning, and her whole body froze.

Not daring to think too much, she put the basket on her back and left in a hurry, but her back looked like she was running away in a panic.

Behind her, Qin Shuo couldn’t help but frown again.

Back home, Xu Jiaojiao took out the round peach again.

Looking at the peach in her hand, her thoughts were already flying somewhere else.

“Feifei, are we going to leave in ten years?”

She didn’t know how long it had been, but Xu Jiaojiao seemed to ask casually.

“Yes, Jiaojiao, I’m the Favored Concubine System, we’ll still have to go to the palace in the end.”

“Can I leave the Qin family?”

“Sure, you can leave after completing the strategy~”

“Oh.”

Xu Jiaojiao responded without emotion, and put the peach in her mouth and took a bite.

It was full of peach juice, fragrant and sweet.

But she felt it was like chewing wax, and she didn’t enjoy eating it.

“Jiaojiao, you haven’t done your task yet!”

Seeing the host eating the peach bite after bite, the system was anxious.

Hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao’s hand paused, and then she seemed to react.

But the peach in her hand was already half-eaten.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

Feifei: …

“Peaches don’t taste good?”

Suddenly, Qin Shuo’s voice came from the doorway, she didn’t know when he came back.